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Most literature classes discuss works where the author is unavailable. The point of AI is not to generate code and not pay attention…

krapp 11d ago
>Most literature classes discuss works where the author is unavailable. This is not actually a literature class, and the author, as such, is available. And the purpose of Show HN is to have a conversation with the author. >The point of AI is not to generate code and not pay attention… Yes it is. That's what "vibe coding" is. That's what all AI workflows converge towards. That's how most people use it. And that's what makes discussing AI generated posts so limiting.
- amazingamazing 11d ago
  The author did not claim to have “vibe coded” anything. > My concept, my guidance, and Gemini Flash doing the work. Took about 4 hours and 50+ conversations with Gemini. You are right though. It is exhausting since some people just can’t get it through their head that you can use AI and still understand the output.
  - krapp 11d ago
    Nobody's generating this in four hours and understanding anything, but if I'm wrong I welcome the author's replies. It would make more interesting conversation than usual for these threads, which I guess are just supposed to be for kudos now.
    - michaelteter 10d ago
      I am the author. Is code the art? Or is the product of that code, and the way people feel when they use that product the point? At this point, after enjoying the craft of writing code for decades, I now just want to build things I like. At this point I care zero about the details of the code as long as the product meets my requirements. Until you try building a complete (if simple) product, you may not realize how many decisions are involved which have nothing to do with code but are critical to the success of the product. That is my focus.

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Most literature classes discuss works where the author is unavailable. The point of AI is not to generate code and not pay attention…

by amazingamazing 11d ago

krapp 11d ago
>Most literature classes discuss works where the author is unavailable. This is not actually a literature class, and the author, as such, is available. And the purpose of Show HN is to have a conversation with the author. >The point of AI is not to generate code and not pay attention… Yes it is. That's what "vibe coding" is. That's what all AI workflows converge towards. That's how most people use it. And that's what makes discussing AI generated posts so limiting.
- amazingamazing 11d ago
  The author did not claim to have “vibe coded” anything. > My concept, my guidance, and Gemini Flash doing the work. Took about 4 hours and 50+ conversations with Gemini. You are right though. It is exhausting since some people just can’t get it through their head that you can use AI and still understand the output.
  - krapp 11d ago
    Nobody's generating this in four hours and understanding anything, but if I'm wrong I welcome the author's replies. It would make more interesting conversation than usual for these threads, which I guess are just supposed to be for kudos now.
    - michaelteter 10d ago
      I am the author. Is code the art? Or is the product of that code, and the way people feel when they use that product the point? At this point, after enjoying the craft of writing code for decades, I now just want to build things I like. At this point I care zero about the details of the code as long as the product meets my requirements. Until you try building a complete (if simple) product, you may not realize how many decisions are involved which have nothing to do with code but are critical to the success of the product. That is my focus.